Democratic Party leader Roy Herron blasts GOP 'nonsense'

Democratic chief talks to Chattanooga club

4:41 AM,
May 14, 2013

Roy Herron

Written by

Kate Harrison
| Chattanooga Times Free Press

Roy Herron is tired of seeing Tennessee politics as the go-to joke for late-night TV hosts.

"I remember when Tennessee was the leading state for economic development in the South and one of the top three in the United States of America," the newly elected Tennessee Democratic Party chairman said Monday. "Now we rank No. 1 in the country for references and time on Colbert and late-night television."

Herron, who was elected the state party's chairman in January, spoke at the JFK Club's May meeting. ...